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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:yellow;background:blue none repeat scroll 0% 0%">New Postdoctoral Position at UCLA</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:yellow"></span></u></i></b></p>
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and Climate Change:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Consequences of Altered Root
Nutrient Uptake</span></b></p>
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Soil Carbon Stabilization</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Postdoctoral Position:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> The
Department of Geography at UCLA seeks a postdoctoral research associated (2-5
years) for newly funded research on root and soil carbon dynamics in tropical
forests. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Belowground
processes present one of the largest sources of uncertainty inhibiting our
ability to predict carbon cycle responses to climate change. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">This project examines how changes in
rainfall in tropical forests alter the transfer of carbon from living plant
roots into long-term soil organic matter pools, with an emphasis on the
interacting effects of nutrient availability and soil moisture.</i> The research
will take place across a series of tropical forest sites in Panama, and will
use rainfall reduction structures and a greenhouse experiment. These
cross-scale measures will be used in a plant-nutrient/soil-carbon model with
the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab to predict how tropical forest carbon storage will
respond to reduced rainfall globally. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This project undertakes fundamental research
on tropical rainforest belowground dynamics, and applies this research in
modeling efforts to advance predictive understanding of complex environmental
systems in the context of climate change. The project is a new Department of
Energy award. For questions or more information please contact Daniela Cusack (<a href="mailto:dcusack@geog.ucla.edu">dcusack@geog.ucla.edu</a>; <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="http://cusacklab.geog.ucla.edu/research.html">http://cusacklab.geog.ucla.edu/research.html</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Qualifications:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
Applications are encouraged from outstanding candidates who are experienced in ecosystem
ecology and who work well independently. Applicants should have skills in the
following: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">(1) field research, (2)
biogeochemistry and/or analytical chemistry, (3) applied ecological statistics.</b>
Applicants should also have interest or experience in working with
ecosystem-scale models. Applicants must have completed a PhD in ecology or
related field prior to appointment. Successful candidates will have an excellent
publication record, proven quantitative <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and lab skills, interest in living abroad for
extended periods, proficiency in Spanish, and ability to drive a 4-wheel drive manual
transmission truck. Candidates should be available to start by January, 2017.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To Apply:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
Candidates should email (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">in a single PDF
file) </i>a cover letter, CV, one-page statement of research interests, and the
names and contact information of three references to Daniela Cusack (<a href="mailto:dcusack@geog.ucla.edu">dcusack@geog.ucla.edu</a>). Please indicate
“Panama Postdoc” in the subject line. Review of applications will begin June 20<sup>th</sup>,
2016, and position will remain open until filled.</span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Daniela F. Cusack<br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Geography<br>University of California - Los Angeles<br><br>office: (310) 206-5536<br><a href="http://cusacklab.geog.ucla.edu/index.html" target="_blank">http://cusacklab.geog.ucla.edu/index.html</a><br><a href="http://ucla.academia.edu/DanielaCusack/About" target="_blank">http://UCLA.academia.edu/DanielaCusack/About</a>
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